Isadore Freiberger was a banker who served as chairman of the board of the Cleveland Trust Co., president and board chairman of Forest City Publishing Company which published The Plain Dealer and The Cleveland News. He also served as director of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce in 1927 and trustee of many charitable and civic organizations, including the Playhouse Foundation and Cleveland-Marshall Law School. The Case Western Reserve University library was named in his honor and he received many other distinctions in his lifetime, including the Charles Eisenman Award—the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s highest civic honor for outstanding community service—the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce medal for public service, and the American Heart Association’s Award of Merit for Distinguished Service.